Richard Abel

The Gutenberg Revolution

A History of Print Culture

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Produktbeschreibung

One of the most puzzling lapses in accounts of the rise of the West following the decline of the Roman Empire is the casual way historians have dealt with Gutenberg's invention of printing

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 155mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 417g
• ISBN-13: 9781412818575
• ISBN-10: 1412818575
• Artikelnr.: 33129270

Autorenporträt

Richard Abel

Inhaltsangabe

1: A Brief Account of the History of the Culture of the West to 1450; 2:
Gutenberg's Printing Revolution and the Cultural Revolution of the Last
Half of the Fifteenth Century; 3: The Spread of Printing and Its
Consequences in the Sixteenth Century; 4: The Cultural Triumph of the
Seventeenth Century and the Role of Print Therein; 5: Epilogue: Closing
Remarks and Summary